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Last week has been absolutely insane and I don’t even know how to process it!

On Easter last Sunday, I went to my parents and my teenage brother and I got to talking. He has this idea for a really cool difficult sandbox survival type game. He’s decided to start taking coding classes next year when he starts high school! However, he’s not much of an artist, that is where I come in. I’ve been doing art for years and would absolutely love to learn how to make a video game! However, I don’t know a lot about 3D art and animation. I’ve toyed around with it a bit some odd years ago, but never fully got into it. Now, I want to learn.

So, I started looking up different programs and certification courses before I signed up for this one course that turned out to be for a Bachelor’s degree! I’ve talked about my recent experiences with college. I ended up flunking out the last time I tried, but that was 5 years ago. Back then I had to deal with the rise of Covid, my ever decreasing mental health, moving house, and my mother’s pregnancy. Now? I have my own home with a loving and supportive partner and a stable job I enjoy! If there was ever a time to go back to college it’d be now, right?

Wrong! I was originally signing up for the summer program, but I ended up talking to my boss the other day and it turns out they’re moving two hours away! I’ve worked for this family for almost three years now! They are like family to me and I can’t imagine my life without them! I love my job and I love what I do! I can’t imagine being away from them! So, I talked to my girlfriend. Together we decided to get a fresh new start and move to the same city. It isn’t so far away that we can’t see our friends and family, but it’s far enough away we can really start our own paths.

We looked into the area and there are a lot of opportunities through the public school system that would be perfect for our children! Our current county tends to just pass kids along without making sure they actually learned anything they need. Our future children might have a chance for a good and proper education! This city is more LGBTQ friendly, which means my girlfriend might be safe to be out at work and our kids might be accepted for having two moms.

There’s also less competition for housing since there aren’t five colleges in the area like where we live now. Not only that, but my girlfriend found a dream home for rent! It’s perfect! It has an amazing view, four bedrooms, two and a half baths, a basement, a car port, and an actual yard! It’s a big yard and there’s a garden space! It’s a bit out of our price range but it’s so perfect.

There’s a chance my life is changing entirely, maybe for the better. I’ll be closer to work, my girlfriend could get a stable job with benefits, and we could get the perfect home for us. It looks like we could get real stability. The plan so far is to move out some time in July. It’s a lot to process, but it looks like our lives are changing.